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Many desperate Pakistanis still wait for flood aid

By RAVI NESSMAN | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 5:31 pm Abdul Rehman and his family live under a tree next to a pile of rubble on a newly created island where his house used to be. » read more

Keywords: world news island where created island newly created abdul rehman Date: 09-05-2010

Legalise drugs and a worldwide epidemic of addiction will follow

Those who argue we should decriminalise the trade in narcotics are blind to the catastrophic consequences The debate between those who dream of a world free of drugs and those who hope for a world of free drugs has been raging for years. » read more

Keywords: world news drugs health controls countries Date: 09-05-2010

Most of the military think Trident is a waste of money

There is a wealth of senior military opinion against renewing the £20bn nuclear weapon programme Your report on coalition cuts (" Threat to Gurkhas as Fox insists on £20bn Trident replacement ") described the Lib Dems as opposed to Trident, suggesting it is an outdated Cold War weapon. » read more

Keywords: world news trident british church trident Date: 09-05-2010

Afghans continue pulling money from troubled bank

By RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 4:33 pm Nervous Afghans pulled more deposits out of the nation's largest bank on Saturday, despite assurances from government leaders that their money was safe. » read more

Keywords: government leaders their money despite assurances saturday despite afghans pulled Date: 09-04-2010

Tony Blair pelted with eggs and shoes at book signing

Former prime minister attacked by anti-war protesters in Dublin as he promotes memoirs Skirmishes broke out between protesters and police at the first public signing for Tony Blair's memoirs, with shoes and eggs hurled at the former prime minister. » read more

Keywords: world news tony blair signing ireland dublin Date: 09-04-2010

Women in Afghanistan need our support

The lot of Afghan women has improved since 2001, but they still struggle to be heard For women in Afghanistan, some things have changed since 2001. » read more

Keywords: world news afghanistan afghanistan afghan rights Date: 09-04-2010

The only ones: Escaping near death

What does it feel like to be the only person to survive a plane crash, a boat wreck or an ambush? » read more

Keywords: world news world news i  couldn thought Date: 09-04-2010

Analysis: Special-ops on show to woo war skeptics

By KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted: Friday, September 3, 2010 10:18 am The new top commander in Afghanistan is talking up a weapon that has been kept in the shadows for years _ special operations missions to kill or capture key insurgents _ to try to convince skeptics the war can be won. » read more

Keywords: world news convince skeptics operations missions special operations years special Date: 09-03-2010

Mexico's drug war: the new killing fields

In the first of a three-part investigation, Rory Carroll reports from the gateway to America, at the centre of drug cartel violence that has claimed 28,000 lives The events which have no name scythe through the valley like invisible reapers. » read more

Keywords: world news mexico juã¡rez valley police Date: 09-03-2010

Afghan officials resist clean-up of Kabul Bank as scandal engulfs elite

President Hamid Karzai's brother calls for US to guarantee deposits amid fears collapse would threaten police and army salaries Officials in Afghanistan are resisting US pressure for a wide-ranging clean-up of Kabul Bank, which is mired in allegations of corruption which has engulfed some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the country. » read more

Keywords: world news afghanistan karzai shareholders country Date: 09-03-2010

Pakistan suicide bomber kills 43 in Shia parade backing Palestinians

78 injured in procession blast as death toll from series of sectarian attacks mounts Suicide bombings targeting religious minorities killed at least 44 people in Pakistan today, sharply increasing the death toll from sectarian assaults in a country already battered by massive flooding. » read more

Keywords: world news pakistan government people attack Date: 09-03-2010

Karzai: Afghan govt will back Kabul Bank

By DEB RIECHMANN | Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 12:02 pm Afghan President Hamid Karzai reassured nervous customers at the troubled Kabul Bank on Thursday, saying every penny of their deposits would be guaranteed by the government. » read more

Keywords: world news saying every thursday saying every penny their deposits Date: 09-02-2010

US Def Sec: Afghans should lead corruption fight

By ANNE GEARAN | Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 11:53 am U. » read more

Keywords: world news prevent millions american dollars dollars flowing against corruption Date: 09-02-2010

Kabul Bank braces for run on deposits after doubts

By DEB RIECHMANN and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 9:46 pm Managers of Afghanistan's largest bank braced for a run on deposits Thursday, a day after nervous customers showed up in droves to take out their money following the resignation of two top executives allegations of mismanagement and unorthodox lending practices. » read more

Keywords: world news their money money following customers showed nervous customers Date: 09-02-2010

Afghan central bank insists Kabul Bank is sound

By DEB RIECHMANN | Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 2:57 am Afghanistan's central bank tried to shore up confidence in the country's biggest financial institution Wednesday after its top executives resigned amid allegations of mismanagement and corruption. » read more

Keywords: world news executives resigned wednesday after institution wednesday financial institution Date: 09-01-2010

Sweden reopens investigation into rape claim against Julian Assange

Country's chief prosecutor reopens case against WikiLeaks founder, overruling decision of Stockholm chief prosecutor A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today, in the latest twist to a puzzling case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overruled each other. » read more

Keywords: world news julian assange assange wikileaks swedish Date: 09-01-2010

Afghanistan tries to prevent run on its biggest bank

Authorities remove two Kabul Bank executives amid allegations of corruption and mismanagement Afghan authorities today attempted to prevent a potentially catastrophic run on the country's biggest bank after allegations of corruption and mismanagement led regulators to replace two of its top executives. » read more

Keywords: world news afghanistan central country depositors Date: 09-01-2010

Greens party supports Australian Labor Party gov't

By ROD McGUIRK | Posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:36 pm A Greens lawmaker agreed Wednesday to help the center-left Labor Party form a minority Australian government in a climate-focused alliance while other kingmaker legislators said they are close to deciding whether to back Labor or a conservative coalition. » read more

Keywords: world news alliance while focused alliance while other other kingmaker Date: 09-01-2010

Birthplace of the Taliban: the next battleground

By DENIS D. » read more

Keywords: world news mournful muslim muslim prayers prayers mingle exploding grenades Date: 09-01-2010

Barack Obama on the end of US combat missions in Iraq

• Obama urges Americans to 'turn the page' on Iraq • 'Patriots supported this war and patriots opposed it' • Swift change in focus from Iraq to state of US economy Preamble: Tonight, President Obama addresses the American people to mark the historic moment that occurred earlier today: the official end of US combat missions in Iraq. » read more

Keywords: world news barack obama president people speech Date: 09-01-2010

Sweden reopens investigation into rape claims against Julian Assange

Chief prosecutor reopens preliminary investigation into rape charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Sweden's chief prosecutor said this morning she was reopening a preliminary investigation into rape claims against the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. » read more

Keywords: world news julian assange assange wikileaks julian Date: 09-01-2010

Civilians among dead in Pakistani air strikes on militants

Up to 45 Taliban killed as well as relatives and other civilians in Pakistani strikes in Khyber region near Afghan border Pakistani government air raids have killed up to 45 militants, their family members and other civilians with no ties to the fighters, officials said today. » read more

Keywords: world news pakistan khyber killed taliban Date: 09-01-2010

Extraordinary rendition: just how much did David Miliband know?

An inquiry is to investigate the UK's involvement in rendition flights. » read more

Keywords: world news david miliband british miliband inquiry Date: 09-01-2010

When will those brave critics of Islam decry this mob hate?

As anti-Muslim hysteria in the US reaches a peak, its intellectual accomplices should start to reconsider their actions In the New York Times last week, writing about the eruption of hatred for Muslims in the US, Frank Rich asked what seems an increasingly pertinent question: "How do you win Muslim hearts and minds in Kandahar when you are calling Muslims every filthy name in the book in New York? » read more

Keywords: world news united states muslims muslim america Date: 09-01-2010

Barack Obama ends the war in Iraq. 'Now it's time to turn the page'

US president delivers on key election promise and thanks troops for 'job well done' – but cautions against triumphalism Barack Obama formally brought an end to US combat operations in Iraq last night, seven years and 165 days after the invasion began, and declared it was time for America "to turn the page". » read more

Keywords: world news barack obama troops president combat Date: 09-01-2010

WikiLeaks founder questioned by Swedish police

By MALIN RISING | Posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 4:52 am WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been questioned by Swedish police about an allegation that he mistreated a woman, his lawyer said Tuesday. » read more

Keywords: world news police about swedish police julian assange founder julian Date: 08-31-2010

Obama haunted by Bush's Iraq vaunt

The US president has managed a dignified exit from a war he opposed. » read more

Keywords: world news iraq country political maliki Date: 08-31-2010

Oxfam hit by fatal bomb as Clegg visits troops in Afghanistan

Charity suspends operations in northern province after three staff killed Oxfam has been forced to suspend operations in a once-peaceful northern province of Afghanistan after three of its staff were killed and two injured by a roadside bomb on Monday. » read more

Keywords: world news afghanistan afghanistan helmand insurgents Date: 08-31-2010

A trillion-dollar catastrophe. Yes, Iraq was a headline war

Mission accomplished? » read more

Keywords: world news iraq saddam western occupation Date: 08-31-2010

Getting drunk in Kabul bars? Pass the sick bag

The expat drinking scene of journalists and diplomats in Afghanistan's capital is the height of disrespectful colonialism "Kabul is the new Beirut. » read more

Keywords: world news afghanistan afghanistan afghans afghan Date: 08-31-2010

Iraq troop withdrawal: Obama hails end of combat role, but violence is on rise

Baghdad foreign minister says withdrawal without Iraqi government in place is 'embarrassment' for US Barack Obama will tomorrow announce an end to US combat operations in Iraq, but his televised address from the Oval Office risks being undercut by the failure to form a government in Baghdad, and new casualty figures indicating an escalation in violence. » read more

Keywords: world news us foreign policy government troops country Date: 08-30-2010

Questions loom over drug given to sleepless vets

By MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted: Monday, August 30, 2010 12:05 am Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant restlessness. » read more

Keywords: restlessness doctors constant restlessness doctors tried symptoms using using three Date: 08-30-2010

Meet the army's own media corps

The Combat Camera Team is the army's own embedded media corps, reporting from Afghanistan When David Beckham made a surprise visit to British troops in Afghanistan in May, the press wasted no time in splashing photos of him signing autographs, handling weapons and scoring during a kickabout at Camp Bastion in Helmand. » read more

Keywords: world news war reporting embedded timmermann journalists Date: 08-30-2010

Letters: Cancel Pakistan's debt to aid relief

It's moving that the British people have been so generous in response to Pakistan's terrible disaster ( Editoria l, 23 August). » read more

Keywords: world news pakistan pakistan development resources Date: 08-30-2010

Open door: The readers' editor on ... 'peacetime', and a new way of defining the current era

The readers' editor on ... » read more

Keywords: world news the guardian peacetime guardian readers Date: 08-30-2010

Karzai 'fired' anti-corruption lawyer after top official stung

Fazel Ahmed Faqiryar says arrest of National Security Council head is 'tip of the iceberg' of top-level Afghan corruption One of Afghanistan's most senior government prosecutors said yesterday that he was forced into retirement after aggressively promoting corruption investigations against top officials, including one of Hamid Karzai's most trusted aides. » read more

Keywords: world news hamid karzai karzai faqiryar salehi Date: 08-30-2010

Analysis: Will battle for Kandahar win the war?

By DENIS D. » read more

Keywords: world news insurgents springboard surrounding countryside Date: 08-29-2010

Norway 'bomb plot' underscores al-Qaida pitfalls

By IAN MacDOUGALL | Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010 5:30 am When police arrested a suspected al-Qaida cell in Norway last month they turned up the makings of a bomb lab tucked away in a nondescript Oslo apartment building. » read more

Keywords: world news apartment building police arrested Date: 08-29-2010

Five Afghan election campaigners killed

Male volunteers on Fauzia Gilani campaign killed amid growing campaign of intimidation against women running for parliament The bodies of five volunteers working for a female MP have been found riddled with bullets in western Afghanistan, amid a growing campaign of violent intimidation against women running in the country's elections. » read more

Keywords: world news afghanistan candidates afghanistan gilani Date: 08-29-2010

Barack Obama is down, but it's far too early to count him out

Despite an impressive record by the president, discontented American voters are turning against the Democrats They won't give him a break – literally so. » read more

Keywords: world news barack obama americans republicans democrats Date: 08-29-2010

Of course we must fight for women around the world

Those who argue that a society's attitude to female rights is 'cultural' ignore the stark economic realities As the debate rages over the withdrawal of British and US troops in Afghanistan, there are those who argue that the appalling treatment of women under the Taliban is a peripheral issue. » read more

Keywords: world news afghanistan female economic families Date: 08-29-2010

Afghan Nato bases attacked

Police say 50 militants raided two military facilities in Khost province, with coalition forces killing 13 of the attackers Insurgents launched pre-dawn attacks today on a major Nato base in eastern Afghanistan and a nearby camp where seven CIA employees were killed last year in a suicide bombing. » read more

Keywords: world news afghanistan police insurgents killed Date: 08-28-2010

Barack Obama says US troop withdrawl from Iraq keeps campaign pledge

Barack Obama says Iraq is now 'free to chart its own course' President Barack Obama said today the end of combat operations in Iraq doesn't just reaffirm the country's sovereignty, but makes good on one of his main campaign pledges. » read more

Keywords: world news us military troops president combat Date: 08-28-2010

Nato base in Afghanistan attacked by insurgents

Police say 50 militants raided Salerno base in Khost province, with coalition forces killing 13 of the attackers Insurgents launched pre-dawn attacks today on a major Nato base in eastern Afghanistan and a nearby camp where seven CIA employees were killed last year in a suicide bombing. » read more

Keywords: world news afghanistan police insurgents killed Date: 08-28-2010

If Liam Fox can rant over a videogame it's no wonder we're losing the war

Forget the desire to flog burglars – this week the defence secretary surpassed even his own high standards of idiocy They said it couldn't be done. » read more

Keywords: world news liam fox someone secretary defence Date: 08-28-2010

The great Obama-Axelrod-etc. mystery

Here's one of the big questions, really, one to chew on over the weekend, one that's asked a lot around this town. » read more

Keywords: world news obama administration faster campaign innovation Date: 08-27-2010

Do you agree with Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the US announcement of its timetable for withdrawal was a mistake?

Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, has criticised US plans to begin its military drawdown next summer, saying it gives Taliban insurgents an incentive to fight on past the deadline. » read more

Keywords: world news afghanistan gives taliban taliban insurgents summer saying Date: 08-27-2010

Taliban give details of thwarted plan to attack David Cameron

Helicopter attack during PM's visit to Afghanistan in June would have been launched from base at Washir, spokesman claims The Taliban have claimed they planned to launch an attack on a helicopter carrying David Cameron, during his first visit to Afghanistan as prime minister in June, from a base in Helmand province. » read more

Keywords: world news taliban taliban cameron minister Date: 08-27-2010

US pullout plans give Taliban a boost in Afghanistan, says Hamid Karzai

Afghan leader echoes views of US general that naming July 2011 as withdrawal start date has invigorated insurgents The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has criticised American plans to start withdrawing troops from the country next summer, saying that naming the date has given the Taliban insurgency "a morale boost". » read more

Keywords: world news hamid karzai karzai afghan afghanistan Date: 08-27-2010

Military calls for security review after Taliban attempt to kill David Cameron

David Cameron's helicopter had to take last-minute diversion during June visit to Afghanistan amid fears of attack Senior military figures called on Downing Street to urgently review security arrangements after reports that the Taliban were closer to bringing down David Cameron's helicopter in Afghanistan than previously thought. » read more

Keywords: world news david cameron cameron helicopter attack Date: 08-27-2010